Administration for Children and Families - National Implementation Evaluation of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants to Serve TANF Recipients and Other Low-Income Individuals, 2012-2016http://www.acf.hhs.gov/taxonomy/term/5483
The purpose of this project is to conduct a National Implementation Evaluation of the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) program focused on TANF recipients and other low-income individuals. The evaluation will involve multiple tasks that will assess implementation, systems change, and outcomes and provide valuable information about the operations of these federally funded programs in improving education and employment opportunities for low-income individuals. This project is also designed to yield information and lessons about operating such programs and the challenges faced and addressed during implementation and throughout the operation of the program. This evaluation is an integral component of OPRE's multi‐pronged research and evaluation strategy for HPOG.
For this evaluation, questions of primary interest include:
How are health professions training programs being implemented across the grantee sites?
What changes to the service delivery system are associated with program implementation?
What individual level outputs and outcomes occur (for example: recruitment, enrollment, retention, completion (accreditation/ certification), job entry, employment retention and advancement, and earning)?
What can be learned about how best to implement these programs for this population (what implementation and/or systems components are related to programs outputs and outcomes)?
What key components appear necessary or contribute to the success of these programs?
This work is being conducted through a contract to Abt Associates and its subcontractor The Urban Institute.
The points of contact are Molly Irwin and Mary Mueggenborg.
enInterim Outcome Study Report: National Implementation Evaluation of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) to Serve TANF Recipients and Other Low-Income Individualshttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/resource/interim-outcome-study-report-national-implementation-evaluation-of-the-health-profession-opportunity-grants-hpog
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program funds training programs in high-demand healthcare professions, targeted to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other low-income individuals. This report is part of the HPOG National Implementation Evaluation (NIE) and provides interim results on the key outcomes of HPOG healthcare training completion and employment, as well as on participants&rsquo; pre-training activities and receipt of support services and...</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:46:29 +000040172 at http://www.acf.hhs.govDesign Report: National Implementation Evaluation of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) to Serve TANF Recipients and Other Low-Income Individualshttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/resource/design-report-national-implementation-evaluation-of-the-health-profession-opportunity-grants-hpog-to-serve-tanf-recipients-and
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This report describes the evaluation design for the HPOG National Implementation Evaluation. The design focuses on the 27 non-tribal HPOG grantees and addresses: how health professions training programs are being implemented; changes to the service delivery system associated with program implementation; individual-level outputs and outcomes; and what key components and factors appear necessary or seem likely to contribute to the success of the programs. The evaluation involves three..</p>
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